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Has The Iron Bowl Become The Second Best Rivalry In The SEC?

By Larry Leo••

With the addition of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC this year, has the Iron Bowl taken a backseat as the conference's second best rivalry?

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DoubleDown•25 months

Alabama vs. LSU, Alabama vs. Tenn and Alabama vs. Auburn are all better than Texas/OU. frick these newcomers. Get bent and know your role.

BobABooey•25 months

Alabama/LSU and Alabama/Tennessee don’t come near the Red River Rivalry. Not saying they aren’t heated rivalries but objectively not close.

idlewatcher•25 months

The RRR hasn't determined anything in several years. Ergo, no one cares about it.

YMCA•25 months

Those 2 may not come close when TX and OU were in their previous conference, but as an SEC rival, TX/OU is just the game being played that week in my opinion. It’ll still be big to fans of those 2 schools, but it’ll be a while before a majority of the SEC make it that way and it still won’t be at the top.

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jbird7•25 months

I turned on sec network Sunday night and it was nothing but a Texas suckfest (fittingly during pride month). I think Finebaum found his new school to suck up too. This whole thing doesn’t seem right and I’m finding it harder and harder each year to get excited about the upcoming season. Sad to see what CFB has become.

Naked Bootleg•25 months

Don't worry. With Texas, it's a vicious cycle. Go .500 last year? "Watch out for Texas, they'll be tough to beat!" Have a good season last year? "Texas is in my top 3, no question!" Over and over. Texas has a football culture problem but even after decades of failing to meet pre-season expectations, they're still a media darling leading up to 2 or 3 games into the season. Just ride it out.

Thracken13•25 months

Chokelahoma has been that way as well. hell toss USC in also. no matter had bad a season they had, they are always highly touted the next year only to lose a game to a team that should be running out of the stadium.

PuertoRicanBlaze•25 months

Vandy and Ole Miss is a more interesting rivalry than that Big-12 horse shite.

skrayper•25 months

Alabama has three rivalries more interesting than Texas/OU.

AirForceSooner•25 months

??????

theballguy•25 months

It's no longer really the SEC anyways.

SECdragonmaster•25 months

Not a chance. Stupid question.

tide06•25 months

There’s no way a game that kicks off at 11am will ever get as intense as a similar game at 6-7pm.

I’ve been to UM-OSU at noon and you simply don’t end up with the same atmosphere even with similar stakes because the tension doesn’t have a chance to build all day and the crowd doesn’t get a chance to tailgate and drink meaning they don’t get nearly as loud.

There is a huge difference between a noon kick, a 330 kick and a 6pm kick and it’s apparent to anyone who has been to lots of big games.

LunkerDawg•25 months

HORNS DOWN.

NytroBud•25 months

NO...Next question please

TailbackU•25 months

They lost all credibility when they changed it from the Red River Shootout to the “Showdown” (Gheeeey) to the “Rivalry”. Real rivalries don’t succumb to the mob.

PetroBabich•25 months

The SEC died

SECSolomonGrundy•25 months

Your father is gonna kill you, Larry.

TerryDawg03•25 months

Even if they still called it the Red River Shootout, it wouldn't come close.

genuineLSUtiger•25 months

I don’t think that the RRR can surpass the Iron Bowl.

Broadside Bob•25 months

No.

KingOfTheWorld•25 months

What kind of stupid question is this? Pfffft.

HarryBalzack•25 months

Texas ain't shite, so how could they even be in consideration. Plus, they suck.

P2K•25 months

Auburn sucks worse

HarryBalzack•25 months

No matter what they do, that game will always be "the old SWC/Big12 rivalry game."

Timeoday•25 months

The quality of the athletic performances of the players from OU or UT is just not the equivalent of an LSU or Alabama player.

BabyTac•25 months

UT is about to own LSU for several years

chadr07•25 months

I’m sure UT thinks they are going to own the whole SEC until yall get hit in the mouth. Y’all aren’t doing shite in this conference. Hell y’all rarely ever won the little 12 conference lololol

ImBatman•25 months

Dude, you are funny and stupid at the same time.

Chad4Bama•25 months

LOL...uh, no.

Geaux Guy•25 months

Their fans think it’s important. It’s been irrelevant for quite some time.

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